Wowza! Your book is done. Congratulations. You’re ready to put your fabulous story out there into the publishing world. One of the best ways to get your work in front of agents and editors, is through pitching and querying.
But to pitch
and query you need to distill your amazing book down to a few intriguing
paragraphs or lines or Twitter for pitches, even just words.
In this
intensive, hands-on, two week class, you’ll learn the basics of a
hook-an-agent/editor pitch/blurb.
This intensive, hands-on, two week class offers you the most important opportunity: feedback. We will revise, fine-tune, and re-work your pitches and blurbs, all while working to maintain emotion and your voice in a hooky, can’t-wait-to-read pitch/blurb.
Yes, it’s possible. You can do it! Distill your story to a pitch/blurb that will hook agents and editors and make them want to read more.
Sign up and learn how to create a potent pitch and brilliant blurb.
What You Will Learn
- how to hook an agent
- how to pitch to an editor
- the finer points of creating a short pitch
- techniques for writing a long pitch
- how to write a back cover blurb
- dos and don't for pitches and blurbs
Who Should Take This Course
- authors getting ready for pitch season
- authors writing query letters
- those looking to self-publish that are in need of a stellar back cover blurb
Course Overview
Lesson one: creating a short pitch
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Learn
what a pitch is and is not
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Learn
about the various kinds of pitches
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Explore
the various pitch templates available
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What
is a logline?
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Create
your own short pitch
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Receive
experienced feedback on your pitch
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A
chance to revise and submit for more feedback
Lesson two: comps can be fun
- Learn the whys of having comparison titles in your pitch
- Learn where to find comparison titles
- Analyze several examples of comparison titles
- Have fun writing your comparison titles
- Receive experienced feedback on your comps and helpful tips
Lesson three: composing a longer pitch
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Learn
how to compose a longer pitch
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Learn
about the plot catalyst and how to add it to your pitch
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Learn
from analyzing several examples of the longer pitch
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Create
your longer pitch
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Receive
experienced feedback to improve your pitch
Lesson four: more on writing a longer pitch
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Learn
how to grow your longer pitch
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Learn
how to add your setting
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Learn
how to add your antagonist
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Learn
how to highlight the uniqueness of your story
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Create
your own even longer pitch
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Receive
experience feedback and always the chance to revise
Lesson five: revising and refining your pitch
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Learn
the importance of revising and refining your pitch
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Analyze
several examples
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Another
chance to submit and receive feedback on your pitches
Lesson six: creating your brilliant blurb
- Learn the difference between the various types of blurbs
- Learn the key elements to a brilliant blurb
- Learn from various examples of brilliant blurbs
- Create and craft your own brilliant blurb
- Receive experienced feedback on your blurb
Lesson seven: researching blurbs
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Learn
the importance of researching blurbs and what you can learn
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Learn
several places where to find blurbs for research
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Another
chance to revise and resubmit your blurb for feedback
Lesson eight: learning from a bad blurb
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Yes,
you can learn from a bad blurb
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Learn
from example
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Learn
how to analyze a blurb
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Another
chance to revise and resubmit your blurb
Lesson nine: dos and don’t for pitches and blurbs
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Learn
the dos for potent pitches
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Learn
the don’ts for pitches
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Learn
the do’s for brilliant blurbs
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Learn
the don’ts for blurbs
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And
another chance for more feedback on your pitch and blurb
Teacher
Suzanne Purvis is a transplanted
Canadian living in the Deep South, where she traded “eh” for “y’all.” An
author of long, short, and flash fiction for both children and adults,
she has won several awards including those sponsored by the University
of Toronto, RWA, Bethlehem Writer’s Roundtable, and Women Who Write. You
can find her work in print anthologies, magazines, ezines, and ebooks.
Visit her at www.suzannepurvis.com , www.suzannepurvis.blogspot.com, Facebook, Amazon Author’s Central.
Schedule
Reviews
Pitching to Perfection
February 18, 2020
Drilling your story into a one-sentence pitch is a skill. A skill your agent and publisher will come to depend on and you will use throughout your writing career. A skill needed to make your query letter catch the eye of an agent, make your synopsis flow, and your book jacket enticing. Do your writing career a favor--don't pass up this class. This is a skillset Suzanne teaches with perfect pitch, humor, and encouragement.
Veronica Mixon
Potent Pitches and Brilliant Blurbs Class Review
February 18, 2020
When you want to create a potent pitch and brilliant blurb take a class with Suzanne Purvis. Suzanne does a fantastic job presenting class material to bring and deliver exactly what you need to craft and create the perfect pitch and bedazzling blurb. I'd definitely take another class with Suzanne.
J. W. Zarek
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